Overall, the president is correct when he characterises the US economy as "strong". Upward growth is part of a trend, in which the US economy has picked up since the financial crisis in 2008.

The White House has set a growth target of 3%, but this does look like a challenge, as growth has only averaged less than 2% a year since 2001. The Congressional Budget Office currently estimates growth at about 1.9%.

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President Trump often boasts about how the stock market has risen since he took office. He can take credit for this in part.

Some of the improvement in the markets can be attributed to anticipation that the president and the Republican pledge to reduce taxes and cut regulations will be implemented.

3. Fighting Islamic State

During the campaign Donald Trump didn't mince his words when it came to so-called Islamic State (IS), famously using an expletive to describe how much bombing he would carry out.

He added: "I'd just bomb those suckers. I'd blow up the pipes, I'd blow up the refineries, I'd blow up every single inch – there would be nothing left."

Back then Mr Trump was wary to reveal details but promised he had a "secret plan". Since entering office, he has ordered a review of US policy on IS.

Despite criticising his predecessor's handling of the militant group ("he's the founder of ISIS"), the Trump administration's strategy is strikingly similar. It includes continuing strikes and targeted raids, more support to local forces, and freezing the assets of IS operatives.

The goals are the same too – to take control of IS strongholds like Raqqa in Syria and Mosul in Iraq – and coalition forces have already seen success in the latter.

But there are some key differences in tactics. One is the decision to arm Syrian Kurds to help take Raqqa, despite objections from the Turkish government.

The second is a tougher stance on "annihilating" IS fighters, which has led to a rise in the number of civilian casualties caught up in attacks.

The third is that the Trump administration is authorising a far greater number of air strikes as it makes its push, and has ramped up operations against IS in Afghanistan, Yemen and Somalia.

In Afghanistan his administration dropped the "Mother of All Bombs" to kill IS militants. And, when President Trump authorised a strike against a chemical weapons factory in Syria earlier this year, he showed he's not afraid to use military force when he feels it is necessary.

It shows another key difference between him and his predecessor Barack Obama, who promised such action, but didn't deliver.

4. The border

Securing America's borders was the centrepiece of Donald Trump's election pitch. At campaign rallies he promised to crack down on illegal immigrants in the US, with his focus on criminals.

He often raised the case of Kate Steinle, a young woman from Seattle who was killed by an illegal immigrant who had been deported five times.

At the end of June he introduced "Kate's law" which would increase penalties for immigrants who re-enter the US after they've been deported. It was passed by the House of Representatives, and will now come before the Senate.

In the president's first 100 days, more than 41,000 people were arrested on the suspicion they were in the US illegally, an increase on the previous year. About 10,800 had no criminal conviction, compared with 4,200 the previous year.

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But despite his tough talk on the issue, President Trump actually deported fewer people in his first 100 days than Barack Obama.

In Trump's first 100 days 54,564 people were deported, compared with 62,062 for the same time period in the previous year under his predecessor.

And let's not forget Donald Trump's plans to tighten the border even further – his flagship plan to "build a wall" is moving along. Companies have until September to pitch their prototypes. At a recent rally in Iowa, the president said it could be a "solar wall" which would pay for itself.

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For months the president's travel ban this was blocked by the courts and failed to become law.

After a decision by the US Supreme Court in June, it's partially in effect, but it's not as drastic. Visitors from the six designated countries can still enter, if they have a bona fide connection to the US.